Vocabulary and States of Matter

What are atoms?

• Two or more different types of elements banded together.

• Pieces of the atom put together. Cannot be broken down.

• What all matter is made up of. These are too small to be seen.

• Two or more of the same type of elements bonded together.

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What are elements?

• Pieces of the atom put together. Cannot be broken down.

• Two or more of the same type of elements bonded together.

• Two or more different types of elements bonded together.

• What all matter is made up of. These are too small to be seen.

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What are molecules?

• Two or more different types of elements bonded together.

• Pieces of the atom put together. Cannot be broken down.

• What all matter is made up of. These are too small to be seen.

• Two or more of the same type of elements bonded together.

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What are compounds?

• Two or more different types of elements bonded together.

• Pieces of the atom put together. Cannot be broken down.

• What all matter is made up of. These are too small to be seen.

• Two or more of the same type of elements bonded together.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is matter?

• Anything that takes up space.

• Pieces of the atom put together. Cannot be broken down.

• The basic unit of life.

• A type of element.

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What is the difference between weight and mass?

• They are the same.

• Weight is the amount of matter in an object. Mass is a measure of how gravity acts on an object.

• Mass is the amount of matter in an object. Weight is a measure of how gravity acts on an object.

True or False: Mass is the same no matter where you go in the universe.

• True

• False

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Which state of matter has particles the furthest apart?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

Which state of matter has particles closest together?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

Which state of matter has a definite volume and shape?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas